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A Bay State boy living in Central Square. A Cantabrigian for now.

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Post date Comment Article Comments New
11/29/23 - 11:01 am "An advanced city is not one What's New York got that we don't? A transit system emerging from its quagmires 15
10/14/23 - 12:25 am Now with even less service! (on the rest of the line) Mattapan Line, part of Red Line shut for two weeks tomorrow 7
6/30/23 - 12:17 am So T riders suffer for a Part of Green Line Extension to be shut for six weeks this summer, part of the Green Line downtown for 12 days 17
5/22/23 - 12:39 pm I've heard this driver too! Red Line driver really got into his announcements yesterday 4
5/17/23 - 3:38 pm In Somerville too Mystery smoke overnight 12
5/2/23 - 10:26 am This is what 'deferred maintenance' looks like Piece of Harvard Square station falls on rider 10
4/18/23 - 11:50 am And not valid for bus or subway On this of all days: Green Line grinds to a halt; dead trolley is at fault 12
4/6/23 - 11:02 am Excellent Boston moves to make natural-gas hookups more expensive in new construction 41
3/23/23 - 4:31 pm But the safety! B Line couldn't get far on account of a car 5
3/8/23 - 2:30 pm Green Line equivalent? Fun Red Line fact 45
2/17/23 - 12:06 pm Hope so A trolley hidey spot in old Boston 27
2/16/23 - 3:26 pm Good point MBTA announces new repair shutdowns, including the Red Line during one of Boston's largest conventions 17
2/16/23 - 2:50 pm Looks like MBTA power station A trolley hidey spot in old Boston 27
2/16/23 - 2:42 pm Especially when you see some A trolley hidey spot in old Boston 27
1/8/23 - 5:09 pm Bus headway management has been horrible Even with almost all the new power-leaking Orange Line cars fixed and back on the rails, MBTA begins to study bringing back some remaining rolling rec rooms 42
1/8/23 - 5:04 pm We should absolutely be passing this bill Masshole parks in bus stop, bus pulls up ahead to let off passenger in wheelchair, Masshole can't wait, drives over wheelchair ramp, police say 16
12/8/22 - 11:36 am Love it The voice of the T slowly fades away 20
12/6/22 - 1:11 pm Good to know that the curated Board approves Beacon Hill lounge where you can hang out with cats; chairman votes 'meow' 41
8/10/22 - 12:01 pm Odd for a public hearing No Freudian slip: Board approves new apartment building called the Sigmund off Soldiers Field Road in Brighton 10
7/27/22 - 4:45 pm Raffles is a Singapore-based Grubby alley wouldn't do for the entrance to a speakeasy at a luxury hotel, so developer of new Raffles tower in the Back Bay is planning what could be world's first 'sky speakeasy' 11
7/22/22 - 6:00 pm 4 cars? Runaway loco that gouged three-foot-deep grooves in Southeast Expressway in 1969 still around, now pulling commuter-rail cars in New Jersey 25
7/22/22 - 5:53 pm Also Runaway loco that gouged three-foot-deep grooves in Southeast Expressway in 1969 still around, now pulling commuter-rail cars in New Jersey 25
7/11/22 - 1:33 pm I knew we had Proof the Cape Cod Tunnel was designed to carry the Red Line past the canal 13
7/7/22 - 3:16 pm While they're at it Past and present tenants of Navy Yard building sue over parking requirements; say they weren't told up front they'd have to prove they were paying for spaces elsewhere 14
7/1/22 - 10:46 am Same drama played out in NYC City plan would cut Franklin Park road from Roxbury to Forest Hills 72
6/29/22 - 3:06 pm TransitMatters dashboard The sign at one stop told a tale, which riders summed up as: Fail 6
5/17/22 - 10:58 am My thoughts exactly As a news outlet, Gannett sucks 9
4/23/22 - 1:10 pm Scheduled for every weekend in April and May Red Line service off by more than a smidge due to a disabled train in Cambridge 4
4/23/22 - 1:06 pm New idea Driver charged with texting while driving down Mass. Ave. in Cambridge 24
3/24/22 - 5:35 pm Drop-off only? Blue Line to be shut for two weeks in April for tunnel work 19
3/14/22 - 6:57 pm Map Lower Neponset River now officially a federal Superfund cleanup site 13
3/13/22 - 6:16 pm Argh Oh, the troubles they've seen: Delays on Orange and Green 2
1/26/22 - 11:39 pm This is a dumb move Last of the trolley buses to end runs in March 30
12/9/21 - 3:19 pm Still use it Anybody check to see if the beacon on the old Hancock Building was flashing red last night? 22
11/29/21 - 12:24 pm Roxbury Tenants of Harvard? 13-story apartment/condo building proposed for Huntington Avenue next to Mission Park 27
10/22/21 - 10:14 am That is quite a specific BHA figures out how to get around funding limitations to pay for major repairs at city's tallest cylindrical apartment building 16
10/20/21 - 2:45 pm There are so many issues that One of the Seaport's last public parking lots could be replaced by life-sciences labs and a STEM training center 5
6/22/21 - 11:49 am Seems a wee bit top heavy Giant cranes delivered to Conley Terminal; will allow larger ships to dock there 25
6/21/21 - 2:51 pm Solution already exists Making the Green Line more accessible: MBTA looks at complete reconfiguration of the E Line and a new type of station for the B Line 66
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